Brake-rod connection.



IJATEN'TED JULY 4, 1905u G. WGDMAN. BRAKE RGB GONNEGTION.

APPLIQMIN FILI-sn AUG. 15, 1904 G WU,

arras A. WtWDMAN,

Fateutecl July lt, 190..

OF C11 ICAGO, lLlilNOlS.

SPLECEICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,758, dated July 4, 1905.

Application filed u'r'is l5, 1904. Serial No. 220,716.

Be it known that l, G Iconen A. VVoiimiaN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ghicag'o. in the county of (look and State oi Illinois, have invented new and useful ,improvements in Fn'ake-Rod (kmnecl'ions, ot' which the VFollowing' is a simciiieation.

The objeetoi this inventitm is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and durable com'iection lor a brakerod and jaw and enable these parts to be easily and quickly connected without requiring them to be welded in a blacksmithshop.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention in several forms ol embodiment, and, reierrii'ig thereto. Figure 1 is a verticai longitudinal sectional view oi' a jaw, showing the brake-rod connected therewith. Fig'. 2 is a top plan view oi the connection illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view. 5 are respectively sectional and plan views illustrating another form o1 construction. Fig'. (i is an end view ol:A the coi'lstruction shown in Figs. et and Figs. T and 8 are respectivelyvr sectional and iiilanfviews ol'l another term et construction.

The brake rod 1() is usuall)7 made of uu'oug'ht-iroii, and l provide it near one end with a bend 11 and a bend 11', so that a partotl the rod bevond the bend 11 will be ol'set and extend substantiallyin the same direction as, but outo't' axial alinement with, the main part ol the rod. 'lhe jaw 12 is preterabl,v a steel or malleableiron casting' provided with a longitudinal opening' 13 to receive the brakelever and a transverse opening' 14 for the bolt which secures the brake-lever to the jaw, (neither the brake-lever nor the bolt being' shown.) The jaw has an extension 15 at the end opposite to that which receives the brakelever. and this extension is provided with a transverse opening' 16 to receive that part 11H ot the brake-rod between the. bends 1l 11/ which extends through said opening' at or about right angles to the length of the rod. 'lhe end 17 of the rod extends beyond the bend 11l in substantially the direction of the main portion olI the rod and is held ina keeper which may be made in the Aform oi a socket 18, cast in the jaw, Figs. 1 and 2, or formed Figs. t and lby lugs 1,9, cast with the jaw, Fig. 3, and adapted to be heut over upon the end ot' the rod alter it has been inserted in place.

ln Fig'. 4- the keeper is lorined by lug's 20, which are east with the jaw and bent over upon the rod after it is arranged in place, Figs. 5 and (3.

AIn Figs. 7 and H the extreme end .21 oi the rod is arranged in au opening' 2Q and lugs 23 are bent down upon the rod in the manner shown in Figs. and (i. dispensed with here, as the opening' 22 constitutes a keeper; but l prefer to use the lug's in conjunction with the opening' in this con struction to 'form a keeper.

'lhe rod may be made with the oliset ready to be connected with thejaw, and this connection can be easily e'l'ecter'l by inserting' the rod in the manner indicated by dotted lines in Fig'. or a straight rod maybe heated and then bent` in the opening' 16 ol the jaw, em ployed as a former to the proper shape, or the jaw can he employed to bend the rod at rig'ht angles while heated, andaifter the rod is iu- Serted in the opening' 16 the eXtreme end can be turned down into the keeper with a hammer or other tool. The lugs 2() 23 may, if desired, be cast in the VForm of a keeper and the rod slipped therethrough instead o1 be ing bent down upon the rod. The pull of the jaw is against the part 11" of the rod at all times and the keeper holds the rod and jaw in proper relation.

My improved connection is simple in construction, inexpensive to make, and reduces the blacksmith work to a minimum.

`"Vithout limiting' mysell to the exact construction and arrangement of parts herein shown and described, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. isi- 1. A brake-jaw for car brake-rods having' a transverse opening' to receive the rod and a keeper bevond said opening' to secure the end ol'k the rod.

2. A brake-jaw lor car brake-rods having' a transverse opening' to receive the rod and a keeper adjacent to one end oi said opening to secure the end ot' the rod.

A brake-jaw `forear brake-rods having' a transverse opening' `to receive the rod, and

The lugs may bey TOO a keeper beyond said opening and adjacent to one end thereof to secure the end of the rod.

4. The combination of a brake-rod, an oli'- set part, and a brake-jaw having' an opening to receive that part of the rod connecting` the offset part to the rnain part.

5. The combination of a brake-rod provided with an oillset part, a brake-jaw having` an opening to receive that part of the rod conneeting the offset part to the main part, and means for holding the rod and jaw in substantial alinement.

6. The combination of abrake-rod provided with an oti'set part, a brake-jaw having' an opening to receive that part oi the rod connecting' the oti'set part to the main part, and a keeper to secure the end ot' the offset part of the rod.

7. The combination of a brake-rod provided with apart extending' Substantially in the same direction as the main part ot the rod but out l of axial alinernent therewith, a jaw having an opening to receive the rod, and a keeper on the jaw beyond the opening to secure the end of the rod.

8. The combination of a brake-rod provided with an offset part, a brake-jaw havingV a transverse opening' to receive that part of the red connecting` the offset part t0 the rnain part, and a keeper on the jaw beyond said opening and adjacent to one end thereof to secure the end of the rod.

9. The combination of a brake-jaw provided with a transverse opening', and a brake-rod bent twice between its ends and adapted to have its bent part arranged in said opening with the ends of the rod extending,l in different directions Jfrom the bent part.

GEORGE A. \VOODl\/[AN.

VtneSSeS:

XVM. O. BELT, M. A. Kreme. 

